[Tax-chick]

This generation handles setbacks by recording themselves bemoaning the setback and posting it to social media.

Some of them also phone and text their mothers. A lot.

[EVO X]

Some of them also phone and text their mothers. A lot.

I've been retired for some years as a university worker bee. I've seen trends come and go and what you describe was definitely one of them. I'd get into work early and take a few laps around the quad for some exercise. There were definitely some helicopter moms chatting with their daughters at 7:30 AM or so on the way to class...